gotch

See also: Gotch

English

Etymology

From Ukrainian га́чі (háči), ґа́чі pl (gáči, “underwear”). Possibly back-formed from diminutive gotchies.

Noun

gotch (plural gotches)

1. (Saskatchewan, Manitoba, slang) Men's underwear.
   • 1998, Steven Erikson, This River Awakens‎^[1], Tor, published 2013, →ISBN:

     I stopped beside Carl. 'Go ahead,' I told him. 'Pull his gotch right up over his fucking head.'

   • 2009, Milton Ramsden, Northward to Love, Trafford Publishing, published 2009, →ISBN, page 56:

     Hilly howled as he lit the lamp and dove toward us clad in only his gotch.

   • 2013, D. W. Wilson, Ballistics‎^[2], Hamish Hamilton, published 2013, →ISBN:

     So I was off atop a mountain, a day out of town and soaked through the gotch, when Jack spotted the American car.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:gotch.

Derived terms

• gitch
• gaunch, gonch, ginch (Alberta, British Columbia)
• gotchies, gitchies, gonchies (diminutive)

References

• “gaunch", "gonch", "gotch", "gotchies", "ginch", "gitch” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
• Barber, Katherine. "11 Favourite Regionalisms Within Canada", in David Vallechinsky and Amy Wallace (2005). The Book of Lists, Canadian Edition. Knopf. →ISBN.

Cebuano

Etymology

Reverse spelling of tulog + ch.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gotch

Verb

gotch

1. to sleep